Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Roman Republic AR Tetradrachm Coin Aesillas Alexander the Great Koinon Macedonia


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Aesillas
Quaestor, 95 - 75 B.C.

Coin: AR Tetradrachm
Obverse: ΜΑΚΕΔOΝΩΝ,
Bust of Alexander III, with Horn of Ammon, facing right.
Θ behind.
Reverse: AESILLAS / Q,
Money chest, Club of Hercules and Quaestor chair.
Within an Olive Wreath with on top.

Weight: 15.95 g
Diameter: 27.2 x 27.6 x 2.6 mm
Die axis: 340°
Mint: Koinon of Macedonia, struck between 95 - 75 B.C.
References: SNG Copenhagen 1330, Moushmov 5851, BMC 81

Friday, 2 August 2013

Scarce, Trebonianus Gallus & Volusian, AE28, Antioch, McAlee 1184


Trebonianus Gallus
Augustus, 1004 - 1006 A.U.C. (251 - 253 A.D.)
Coin: AE28

Obverse: AVTOK K Γ OVIB TPEB ΓAΛΛOC KAI OVOΛOVCCIANOC CEB
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trebonianus, at the left, 
confronting the radiate and draped bust of his son, Volusian, at the right.
Reverse: ANTIOXEΩN MHTPO KOΛΩN, A Tetrastyle Temple containing the city Tyche, enthroned and the Orontes swimming to the left beneath her. Above the Temple, a shrine with Aries running to the right, above it and looking back.  Δ -E across the fields, S C in exergue.
Weight: 16.01 g
Diameter: 28.5 x 28.8 x 3 mm
Die axis: 160°
Mint: Antioch, Syria, 251-253 A.D.
Reference: McAlee 1184
Rated Scarce

Augustus, AE22, Amphipolis, Macedonia, B.M.C. 5.52,77, Scarce

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Augustus
726 - 767 A.U.C. (27 B.C. – 14 A.D.)
Coin: AE 22
Obverse: AMΦIΠO-ΛEITΩN, bust of Artemis Tauropolos, 
facing to the right, her Bow and Quiver over her left shoulder.
Reverse: KAIΣAP - ΣEBAΣTOΣ, Augustus, raising his right hand in salutation, standing to the left, upon a Dais, decorated with three Bucrania, being crowned with a Wreath by Genius.
Weight: 12.08 g
Diameter: 22 x 24 x 2.5 mm
Die axis: 40°
Mint: Amphipolis, Macedonia
Reference: R.P.C. I 1627, B.M.C. 5.52,77
Rated Scarce

Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Roman coin, Constantius II, AR Siliqua, Lyon, RIC VIII 216

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Constantius II
As sole Augustus, 350-361 A.D.


Coin: AR Siliqua

Obverse: D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG
pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: VOTIS XXX MVLTIS XXXX, within a wreath. 
Weight: 1.41 g
Diameter: 15 x 14.8 x 1 mm
Die axis: 220°
Mintmark: LVG (Lyon), struck between 360-361 A.D.
Reference: RIC VIII 216

Roman coin, Diocletian, AE Post Reform Radiate Fraction, R.I.C. VI Heraclea 13-21

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Diocletian
As Augustus of the east, 1039 - 1058 A.U.C. (286 – 305 A.D.)
Coin: AE Post Reform Radiate Fraction
Obverse: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG
radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: CONCORD-IA MILI-TVM, Diocletian, standing at left, holding a Parazonium with his left hand, receiving Victoria upon the globe from Jove, standing at the right, who holds a spear with his left hand. in the centre.
Weight: 3.13 g
Diameter: 20.2 x 19.5 x 1.2 mm
Die axis: 170°
Mintmark: (Heraclea), struck between 295 - 296 A.D.
Reference: R.I.C. VI Heraclea 13-21


Byzantine, Justin I, AE30, Constantinople, SB 62

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Justin I
Augustus, 518 - 527 A.D.


Coin: AE30 (post reform follis)

Obverse: D N IVSTI-NVS  P P AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: Large M between two ✷, above, officina ε below.
Weight: 14.50 g
Diameter: 30.2 x 30 x 2.8 mm
Die axis: 190°
Mintmark: CON (Constantinople)
Reference: SB 62

Rare, Skepsis, AE15, BMC 17.812; 14-15

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Coin: AE 15

Obverse: Forepart of Pegasus, 
in the form of a "horse-headed bird", to the right
Reverse: A Fir tree, Σ - K across the fields, all within a Square.
Weight: 3.48 g
Diameter: 14.2 x 14.2 x 2 mm
Die axis: 45°
Mint: Skepsis, Mount Ida, Troas,  Mysia, circa 400 -306 B.C.
Reference: SG 4134, BMC 17.812; 14-15
Rare variation
Note: The citizens of Skepsis were transported to Antigoneia (formerly Sigeia, laterly Alexandria Troas*) at the end of the 4th century (306 B.C.) by orders of king Antigonus, 
and invited back by king Lysimachus (circa 294 B.C.). 
Sigeia was renamed after Alexander the Great, by Lysimachus.